. >> i did join the nra today. so hopefully my funds will help them protect -- protect our second amendment rights. >> reporter: california already has some of the most strict gun laws in the country. if congress wants to ban automatic weapons as has been rumored. it won't affect our state. you can't sell them, buy them, or even own them here. gun owners feel they're paying the price for mass murders in connecticut and colorado. >> i don't think that a few people should make it to where everybody in the country has to pay for what these two people have done. >> reporter: the owner of the gun show promotion company is headed to washington this thursday for some meetings on the gun issue. that inveighation came from vice president joe biden. in ontario, greg mills, cbs 5. >>> after years of hiring freezes, one california law enforcement agency is looking to hire a few new recruits. in the competition is fierce. cbs 5 reporter carter evans talked to some determined young men and women hoping to join the highway patrol